Commodity-cabinet.



No. 877,290. 7 PATENTED JAN. 21, 1908. J. H. BOYE.

COMMODITY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9. 1907.

' 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- PATENTED JAN. 21,- 1908.

J. H. BOYB.

COMMODITY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9. 1907,

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JAMES H. BOYE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE BOYE NEEDLE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

COMMODITY-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21 1908.

Application filed Avril 9.1907. Serial No. 367-138.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. Born, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Commodity-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to commodity cabinets of the general type set forth in my ap lication No. 334,284, filed Sept. 12, 1906, suc cabinets being adapted for storing small articles, such as needles, bobbins, etc., to enable the same to be readily found by the sales clerks in stores.

My primary object is to provide an 1mproved cabinet, simple in construction, easy of operation and provided with simple and efficient means for preventing accidental mixing of the articles in the various" receptacles or compartments of the commoditycarrier or commodity-holder.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in wl1ich- Figure 1 represents a broken plan view of. my improved commodity-cabinet; Fig. 2, a broken plan section taken as indicated at line 2 of Fig. 3, and showing a detail of a locking device employed; Fig. 3,"a vertical section taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4, a broken vertical section taken as indicated at line 4 of Fig. 2.

It may be stated that the preferred construction shown comprises a stationary commodity-carrier or commodity-holder, divided into compartments; a stationary central dial; a rotatable disk forming the top of said holder and provided with a radial hand-opening; a closure for said openin ivoted at the axis of the rotary top by which said closure is carried; and a closure-actuated, springretracted friction lock for the rotary top which is thrown to the operative position in the operation of opening said closure;

In the drawings, A represents a circular commodity-carrier or commodity-holder divided into radially disposed. compartments A A fixed shaft or post rising from the center of the bottom of the commodityholder; A a fixed dial surmountin the post A andequipped with a rim or circu ar flange a; B, a rotatable disk affording a top for the commodity-holder and provided with a radially disposed hand-opening 12; B a ivoted closure movable with and also movab cinde- I pendently of said top; B a handle serving as a means for rotating the top B and equipped with an inwardly pointing radially disposed ointer 1) playing over the dial A; B a

andle serving to actuate the closure B; and B, a stop or friction lock carried by the rotatable top and which is automatically thrown to the engaging position in the operation of opening the closure B ner cylinder-a of less height; and approXi-' mately radial partition-members a dividing the annulus between the cylinders into compartments. The inner cylinder and the partition-members are low enough to afford a s ace a between their up er edges and the isk B. The shaft A has its lower end fixed to the bottom 11 within the cylinder a. Said shaft is equipped with a collar a.

The disk B is annular in form and naled on the post A and supported on the collar a. Said disk B has its outer peripheral margin underlying the flange a The closure B comprises a rectangular piece of sheet-metal carried by an arm 1) whose inner end is provided with a sleeve 11 journaled on the huh b and resting on the collar a. The knob or handle B is mounted on a curved or segmental member I) which is fastened on the upper surface of the disk B at'the inner end of the opening I) and lies adjacent to the flange a with Whichitis concentric. Through said member b extends; a radial opening I) in which works the friction lock B The stop 13 comprises a friction head 6 adapted to bear against the flange a of the dial A and a spring b (Figs. 2 and 4) carrying the head 6 and normally maintaining the same in the retracted position shown in Fig. 2.

through the opening b and has a curved or oblique cam portion o which is carried by the attaching tang b. The closure-actuating knob or handle B is connected with the closure near one lateral edge thereof and adjacent to-the segmental member I). Said handle B is provided with an enlargement or cam portion b ada ted'to contact with the cam portion b of t e spring I) and ress the stop B into engagement with the ange The commodity-holder A and rotatable is supported by a spider I) having a hub b jour- The spring I) has a portion 12 which extends of the dial A when the closure B. is swung I upon its pivot in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1. I

Fig. 4 represents the position of the parts after the closure has been thus swung upon its ivot to the open position. The closure B ies beneath the plane of the disk B, and the actuating knob B extends upwardly throu h the slot or opening I) of the disk B. It will be understood, therefore, that while the-member B can be swung about the post A its movement with relation to the disk B will be limited by the knob B contacting with the lateral edges of the slot or handopening I) of the disk B.

The dial A is fixedly sup orted on a small disk I) having a sleeve b edly secured to the upper end of the post A Thus, it will lfie understood that the dial A is a fixed memer. face with index characters, or cuts, which in the illustration given comprise cuts or representations of sewing-machine needles.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing detailed description. The small articles to be vended are placed in the compartments A of the commodity carrier or holder; and when a clerk desires to take out a certain article, he turns the disk B through the medium of the handle B until the pointer 6 points to the desired article indicated on the dial. In charging the compartments, the articles are laced in the receptacles by reference to t e dial, so that each kind of article will be properly desi nated on the dial. After turning the disk so as to bring the closure B above the compartment containing the desired article, the operator then actuates the closure B through the medium of the knob B in which action the knob B rides against the cam portion 1) of the spring b and throws the stop B to the engaging osition shown in Fig. 4, thus locking the dis B against rotation while the closure B is in theopen position. Thus provision is made against articles being carelessly drop ed into the wrong compartment of. the ho der, since it is necessary to close the closure and turn the disk to anew position before access can be had to another compartment.

Said dial is provided on its u per sur-.

The foregoing detailed description has i been given for clearness of understanding only, and no undue limitation is tobe understood therefrom.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a. commodit holder, a movable top surmounting t e same having an opening, a closure movably connected with said top, and a closure-actu ated lock serving to lock the top when the closure is thrown to the open position.

2. The combination of a commodity-- holder, a central fixed dial located thereabove, a revoluble top for the commodityholder, a revoluble top surmounting t esame and having an o ening, a fixed central dial, a closure movab y connected with said top, and a closure-actuated spring-retracted locking device serving to secure the top against rotation when the closure is thrown to the open position.

4. The combination of a commodityholder comprising a cylinder provided with a bottom and divided into compartments, a central post rising from said bottom, a revoluble top supported on said post and revided with an o ening, a closure. i'vote to swing about sai post, a dial fixe y secured to the upper end of said post, and an indexpointer carried by said top and playing over said dial.

5. The combination of a commodityholder divided into compartments and equipped with a central post and a top turmng about said post as an axis, a fixe dial surmounting said post and equipped circumferentially with lock-engaging means, a closure movably connected w th sald top, and a closure-actuated lock, for the purpose set forth.

JAMES H. BOYE. In presence of RALPH A. SGHAEFER, J. H. LANDES. I 

